Sending navigation destinations remote to car

[holmgang]

1. Is it possible to send destinations from Google Maps desktop, instead of just Google Maps smartphone app?

2. Recently, I've had an issue where the car receives the destination signal, but cant find the actual destination on the map.

(a) often it mixes up the street address with the city. if the car is City A, and the destination address is in City B, when i get to the car the search pop-up (middle of screen)will show Street Address [number], City A, Country.... and hence it cannot locate the actual destination

(b) i'll leave the Street Address alone, but change the City and post code to the correct one, but it still cannot locate the actual destination


Luckily I can just manually key in the address using the Navigation button on top left of the UI, and it is ultra-fast... but still would like to fire off destinations directly from my phone,

 

[JulienW]

On my Mac and with Apple Maps I can Share a location to my iPhone. Then I can use my iPhone to Share it with my Tesla. Not sure with Windows and Google Maps but I do it all the time from my Mac.

 

[rincewind]

Google maps will do it - just choose the 'Share' button and choose the Tesla icon - job done.

 

[RTPEV]

Google maps will do it - just choose the 'Share' button and choose the Tesla icon - job done.

OP was asking about sharing the location from a desktop, not the phone. AFAIK, the Tesla icon isn't available on the desktop (although if you've found a way to add it, please share).

 

[holmgang]

so Google Maps desktop has this option
Send to Car Settings

that is enabled for some manufacturers. you hit "Send to phone" (instead of Share) , and it'll list your vehicle. But Tesla is not on that list.

 

[turns2stone]

On my Mac and with Apple Maps I can Share a location to my iPhone. Then I can use my iPhone to Share it with my Tesla. Not sure with Windows and Google Maps but I do it all the time from my Mac.

Google maps will do it - just choose the 'Share' button and choose the Tesla icon - job done.

Does this require premium connectivity?

 

[pdxrunr]

Calendar sync does it. Even starts the navigation automatically when you get in the car.

 

[AZjohnInCA]

Calendar sync does it. Even starts the navigation automatically when you get in the car.

Yep, just tried this for the first time today. Have my google calendar and apple calendar linked together so now my M3 has all the times/locations on navigation screen.

Kind of nice I didn’t really have to get in the middle of everyone linking to each other, I just kind of stepped out of the way while they do their thing

 

[stonelance]

I believe I saw a Tesla API for sharing a navigation location, so in theory there should be a way to do it directly from a computer, but I don't know of one already implemented.

 

[RichNot]

Google Maps has an icon for "send to your phone." Works for me. But I'm having a lot of trouble getting Google Calendar to sync with my Tesla 3. It only works some of the time. I'm looking for a place to post this issue.

 

[cgrieco16]

Google Maps has an icon for "send to your phone." Works for me. But I'm having a lot of trouble getting Google Calendar to sync with my Tesla 3. It only works some of the time. I'm looking for a place to post this issue.

This works for me to. I send it to phone using text. then open it from text on my phone and share it with the Tesla App

 

[gnuarm]

This thread is a bit old, but I am looking for the same thing, sending a destination from google maps on my laptop to the car. I don't see anything relating to Tesla on the laptop while it can be done in the phone. It seems rather cumbersome to require using the phone as an intermediary.

Of course, I can do this from ABRP easily, but it knows my car's contact info.

 

[planetary]

No such luck. The standard advice remains to just use your phone.

 

[gnuarm]

No such luck. The standard advice remains to just use your phone.

That sucks. Phones may work as computers, but they are lousy. I much, much prefer to plan trips on my laptop. In fact, the only reason I have a smart phone is because I have a stupid Tesla.